‘A harrowing summer’: extreme weather costs hit US as 60m under heat alerts
States face challenges getting federal aid amid dwindling Fema funds and laws that don ’t consider heat a climate disasterThe spiraling costs of extreme weather in the US are hitting hard as more than 60 million Americans are under heat alerts this week, experts say, even though federal law does not explicitly consider heatwaves to be climate disasters.Temperatures on Tuesday climbed toward record highs across the north-east, upper midwest and mid-Atlantic, with the south also bracing for soaring temperatures later in the week.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Dharna Noor Tags: Climate crisis Extreme weather US news Biden administration Economic policy Science Source Type: news

South Africa: Covid-19 Contracts Reveal That Big Pharma 'Bullied' South Africa While Securing Vaccines Worth $734m - NGO
[Daily Maverick] After winning a legal challenge forcing the government to hand over its Covid-19 vaccine contracts with large pharmaceutical organisations, the Health Justice Initiative says they show 'SA's sovereignty was bartered for scarce supplies'.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 6, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Coronavirus Health and Medicine NGOs and Civil Society South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news

Features of fatal pesticide ingestion in South Australia - Stephenson L, van den Heuvel C, Humphries M, Nash C, Byard RW.
Pesticides are used to kill, repel or control any animal or plant species which are considered pests, but have also been associated with intentional and unintentional human fatalities. A rapid increase in pesticide suicides was observed during 'The Green R...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

'Lives over profits! Bread not bullets!' A people's coalition for good governance in South Africa's state of disaster - John SF, Mubangizi BC.
This article examines how the Covid-19 Pe...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

A conceptual framework of gender-based violence and femicide drivers in South Africa - Mtotywa M, Ledwaba M, Mambo B, Nkonzo Z, Ntshagovhe R, Negota A.
Gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) is a multifaceted complex phenomenon that needs urgent comprehensive attention in South Africa and other similarly or worse-off affected countries. Central to combating and eliminating GBVF starts with a systematic...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Efficacy of civil society organizations to mitigate gender-based sexual violence in schools, in Liberia - Hanson-DeFusco J, Smith EG, McMaster A.
Civil society can serve as a vital mechanism for monitoring and accountability in partnership with non-profit organizations and government agencies, in the global South. This research evaluates the impact of a 2018-2020 project empowering Liberian civil so...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Governance for injury care systems in Ghana, South Africa and Rwanda: development and pilot testing of an assessment tool - Odland ML, Abdul-Latif AM, Ignatowicz A, Bekele A, Chu K, Howard A, Tabiri S, Byiringiro JC, Davies J.
This study aims to evaluate health systems governance for injury care in three sub-Saharan countries from policymakers' and injury care providers' perspectives. SETTING: Ghana, Rwanda and South Africa. DESIGN: Based on Siddiqi et al's f...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Is the effect of parenting on substance use among adolescents and young adults context dependent? Evidence from ten countries of southeastern Europe - Klanj šek R, Vazsonyi AT, Javakhishvili M.
Related to some inconsistent evidence in the literature, the current study tested the links between three parenting styles and four measures of substance use in samples of adolescents and young adults from ten, socio-economically diverse countries in South...
Source: SafetyLit - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Unions have scored some big wins nationwide. Now they ’re eyeing the hostile South
Unions and their allies are ramping up efforts to convert an extraordinarily challenging demographic: low-wage workers in the anti-union South. They’re trying unorthodox approaches that they hope can reverse decades of organizing failures. That includes organizing employees across different…#south #seiu #miamidadecounty #marykayhenry #michigan #edgarfields #wholesale #florida #georgia #northcarolina
Source: Reuters: Health - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Discovery to Link South African Companies with Power Suppliers
Source: Reuters: Health - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

JPMorgan says the biggest risk of de-dollarization isn ' t a rival currency
None The biggest risk of de-dollarization is that the US could lose a key tool it's used to fight past crises, JPMorgan said. • None De-dollarization risks mostly relate to inflation and debt burdens, strategists said. • None The dollar's dominance has helped Western central banks employ monetary…#jpmorgan #nonededollarization #markokolanovic #south #usd #ukraine
Source: Reuters: Health - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

University of Bristol Partnership for Net Zero Aviation in the South West launches
A Technology Innovation Partnership for Net Zero Aviation in the South West has been launched. Focused on delivering transformational innovation to advance net zero flight, the founding partners are the Universities of Bristol and Bath, the National Composites Centre (NCC) and the advanced propulsion R&I centre IAAPS. The partnership will create a significant national capability that combined far exceeds working independently.
Source: University of Bristol news - September 6, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research; Faculty of Engineering, Institutes, Bristol Composites Institute; Press Release Source Type: news

South Korea overhauls Unification Ministry amid harder line on North
SEOUL -- South Korea's cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to downsize and reorganize the Ministry of Unification, reflecting a policy toward North Korea that has become less conciliatory and more focused on intelligence analysis and human rights issues. The restructuring, which will cut 81…#seoul #northkorea
Source: Reuters: Health - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

California is first state to pass a ban on caste-based discrimination that can block victims from hiring and housing
California lawmakers on Tuesday voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste, adding protections for people of South Asian descent who say they have been left out of traditional American safeguards for fairness in employment and housing. The bill — the first of its kind in the U.S. — now heads to…#southasian #gavinnewsom #hinduism #aishawahab #muslim #afghanamerican #legislature #greatbritain #southasians #seattle
Source: Reuters: Health - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

WEMIX Introduces ‘Unagi’
September 5, 2023 – Seoul, South Korea Unagi aims to create a vast ecosystem to drive common growth of global blockchains. A complete user-customized omnichain network to easily and conveniently utilize services across multiple blockchains. All platforms and DApps are connected as one with…#seoul #unagi #dapps #wemix #wemixfoundation #arbitrum #avalanche #optimism #polygon #wemix30
Source: Reuters: Health - September 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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